by Lynn Hoppes NFL legend Tim Brown knows he’s can’t sing. “I couldn’t do ‘American Idol’ or anything like that,” said Brown, who played 16 years in the NFL, mostly with the Raiders. “I’m a choir singer, so I can just stay in the background.” Brown, along with the NFL PLAYERS choir, will be belting […]
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Choir is providing a real fusion of cultures
HISTORY is hugely important to the Creole Choir of Cuba – a group of musicians starting a UK tour. Members are descended from Haitians who fled slavery to start a new life on the neighbouring island of Cuba. Last week, the Solihull News had chance to put some questions to choir director Emilia Diaz […]
Children’s Choir Director Louise Kienzle Gets State Award
By Angel Carpenter EUGENE, OR – Louise Kienzle, the music teacher at Humbolt Elementary School in Canyon City, has been honored with a statewide music education award. She received a plaque for the 2011 Excellence in Elementary Music Education Award on Jan. 15, at the Oregon Music Educators Association conference in Eugene. Kienzle teaches music […]
New choir starts 2011 in perfect harmony
By Sharon Lee Tegler SEVERNA PARK, MD — The lyrics to the song “Sanctuary” are simple, but the group of individuals practicing it Thursday evening beamed with pleasureas they combined four layers of harmony with several different rhythms and counter rhythms. The singers were members of a new choir called LifeSongs, which meets weekly in […]
One Earth Choir – a worldwide cultural Project
PROJECT ÌNIN 2012 ONE EARTH CHOIR © Anna Bacchia 2010 ÌNIN 2012 – ONE EARTH CHOIR ‘on the Path of the Peoples’ – One Choir spread around the whole Globe. Voices in cities all over the World will sing together the same music. […]
Watford One Voice Community Choir’s search for new leader
By Michael Pickard A community choir hopes to raise the roof once again, as soon as a new musical director can be found. The Watford One Voice Community Choir, spearheaded by Mayor Dorothy Thornhill, was formed more than two years ago. More than 40 members rehearse once a week at the Clarendon Muse, in Rickmansworth […]